"INTERSEAT 18-19" INTERSEAT - DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED QUALITY AND SAFETY SYSTEMS, IN SEAT AND REST FURNITURE, AS WELL AS ITS MATERIALS, TO INCREASE ITS COMPETITIVENESS DESCRIPTION The complexity of the regulatory and market processes means that manufacturers do not know how to evaluate their products to get into new markets, ensure their permanence in those already in place and improve their positioning in front of their competitors. All these needs are decisive to maintain and increase the furniture industry in Spain and the Valencian Community, because it is a deep-rooted industry, with infrastructures of great experience and that moves a considerable number of employees. Due to the world market situation and the consequences of the crisis, our companies need to adapt their products to remain and grow, and in that sense, the elements of seating and rest furniture are suitable subsectors. From AIDIMME it has been detected the need to offer companies information on the requirements that the elements of seating and rest furniture must meet in the different existing markets and thus be able to assess the situation in which the products of the companies are found according to the criteria and requirements of the different markets. This need arises from this project, in which a detailed investigation of the furniture elements described at the chemical, physical and technical level is carried out that allows us to evaluate the products of our companies, as well as detect and propose developments and solutions that allow and facilitate the incorporation of these products in international markets. In this third and final annuity, the project will focus on the study of mattresses and beds, observing their behavior according to the requirements of international markets that will be marked as objective. OBJECTIVES The general objective is to provide our companies with improvement procedures for their seating and rest products, which allows them to enter certain target markets. As well as, obtain detailed and specific information on the requirements that your products must meet in the different existing markets. In this third and final annuity, the project will focus on the study of the elements: beds and mattresses The specific objectives are: - Develop procedures to improve the elements of seating and rest furniture for companies so that they can reach the criteria that facilitate their entry into markets to which they did not have access. - Evaluate these products according to the requirements demanded in their traditional and objective markets. - To anticipate future demands, in terms of quality and safety assessments, that will govern both your current markets and the objectives of our companies. - Identify the requirements and recommendations of the quality and safety evaluations of the elements of seating and rest furniture in the different markets. - Understand and transmit this knowledge to our companies. - Identify possible target markets that had not been considered as requiring too rigorous evaluations. Project Number: 21800020 Grant Agreement: IMDEEA / 2018/27 Duration: From 01/05/2018 to 30/06/2019 Coordinated in AIDIMME by: MARCO ALEIXANDRE, ALICIA R&D Line: TO BE DETERMINED RESULTS OBTAINED Año 2019: Deliverables:    Year 2019: - The emission of VOCs from mattresses was generally low. However, the Valencian mattresses analyzed, could not obtain the European Ecolabel certification, because their formaldehyde emissions are higher than those required. On the other hand, they would comply with the US CertiPUR-US® certification, with a maximum concentration allowed for formaldehyde greater than the Ecolabel. Year 2019: - The results of the mattresses against fire were not good in general, the mattresses would not meet the European standard UNE-EN 597-1 and 2, producing significant combustion when the source of ignition is a gas flame, mainly. Nor could they be classified as “medium hazard” according to the British standard BS 6807: 2006. However, in the study of the American standard 16 CFR-1632, as the required cigarette ignites less and its combustion is slower, it is less demanding and the mattresses would pass the requirements without complications. Year 2019: - Regarding the quality of the mattresses, the European standard UNE EN 1957_2013 was applied, and was first developed in AIDIMME, acquiring and adapting the equipment, the American standard ASTM F1566-14. The quality studies of the mattresses, applying both regulations obtained good results. 2019 Year: This concludes that Valencian mattresses, in general, must make improvements in the composition of the mattress components in order to improve fire behavior and formaldehyde emissions. Year 2019: - Regarding the beds, the assessment procedures were applied following the European standard UNE EN 1725_1998, for the Spanish and European market, and the recently published international ISO standard ISO 19833:2018. The results obtained with the beds applying these two regulations were very satisfactory in all the properties studied. With which it can be concluded that the beds of our companies are prepared to face the new ISO regulations without having to make changes or modifications to their structures. PUBLISHED NEWS general broadcast http:// http://actualidad.aidimme.es/2018/07/12/aidimme- (...) http://actualidad.aidimme.es/2018/10/22/sistemas-calidad (...) http://actualidad.aidimme.es/2019/02/13/interseat-normat (...) GRANT 164.375 € TARGET AUDIENCE AND IMPACT MEASUREMENT 2004 Access to the project website 171 Access to news published on own websites. Total Accesses: 2175 Objective Sectors by CNAE CNAE: 1621 - Manufacture of veneers and wood boards - No. of target companies: 488 (209 in the Valencian Community) CNAE: 2030 - Manufacture of paints, varnishes and reve - Number of target companies: 339 (102 in the Valencian Community) CNAE: 3101 - Manufacture of office furniture and e - Number of target companies: 574 (115 in the Valencian Community) CNAE: 3103 - Manufacture of mattresses - No. of target companies: 148 (41 in the Valencian Community) CNAE: 3109 - Manufacture of other furniture - No. of target companies: 5579 (1327 in the Valencian Community) TRACTOR COMPANIES Thanks to its support and signature of the "declaration of participation" the project has been funded. COMPANIES DIFFUSION R&D PROJECTS They want to know first-hand the evolution of the project, and its progress to the final result. COMPANIES TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE They will implement technologies, develop strategies or look for new models based on the results.